We have been forced not to resume the practice of medical abortion in Cairns until there is a clear legal framework in which we can care for our patients, and in which we can be certain that those patients, as well as ourselves, do not risk prosecution, write Caroline de Costa and Michael Carrette.

Queensland celebrated its 150th birthday as an independent State at the weekend with one News Ltd newspaper profiling 150 icons “who we believe played the greatest role in defining Queensland”, writes Alex Mitchell.